Re: WTC---Australia v.s USA
Hewitt confidence builder
From correspondents in Dusseldorf
May 21, 2003
LLEYTON HEWITT claimed a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over James Blake as
Australia romped to a 3-0 victory over the United States in the World Team
Cup here today.
Wayne Arthurs followed up by beating Todd Martin 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, while
Arthurs and Todd Reid combined to defeat Blake and Graydon Oliver 6-4 6-2
in the doubles.
Hewitt was never in trouble against Blake, breaking serve in the first
game and sweeping the last four games of the first set. Although Blake
broke to lead 3-2 in the second, Hewitt responded by again winning four
straight games to claim the match.
"It was very heavy out there again today, so to go just over an hour and
be done is pretty nice," said Hewitt. "I felt like I played pretty well. I
stepped it up again today.
"I felt I was pretty aggressive right from the start and I felt like I was
moving well, and getting a lot of balls back and making him play that
extra shot a lot of the time."
Hewitt has never gone beyond the quarter-finals of next week's French Open
at Roland Garros, and he is approaching the challenge with caution.
"I've won at least a couple of matches here already and my confidence is
pretty good, but a lot is going to depend on the day and who I'm playing,"
he warned.
"I can go out there and get through matches comfortably or I could be into
a grind. I'm not going to be reading a hell of a lot into my results here
this week, but on the other hand it's good to have some good preparation
and match practice going in."
Arthurs was forced to be patient as he failed to convert nine break points
against Martin. But a simple volley when the American slipped gave him a
10th opportunity at 6-5, and he closed out the match when Martin put a for
ehand into the net.
Spain and the Czech Republic were level at 1-1 as darkness forced the doub
les to be postponed until tonight.
Alex Corretja, who had won just two of eight clay court matches this seaso
n, earned a welcome 6-4 6-4 victory over Radek Stepanek, and Jiri Novak sa
ved three match points on the way to beating Carlos Moya 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
.
The World Team Cup consists of two groups of four teams. The teams in each
group play each other on a round-robin basis, with each tie consisting of
two singles matches and a doubles.
The winning team from each group advances to Saturday's final and competes
for the 440,000-euro first prize.
Agence France-Presse
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